ATRS ACCU-MAXX™ Reloading Press
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ATRS Shaun
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- Calgary, AB
Good read, thanks for sharing.
Do you lathe square all the bolt/nut hardware, or is it just off the shelf?
With the aluminum head I'd be more concerned with deflection then breaking, more of a precision loading concern then anything else.
For precision, I don't think anything comes close to the Grauwolf press
https://www.grauwolf.net/turban-heavy-praezipress-einstationenpresse.html
With the aluminum head I'd be more concerned with deflection then breaking, more of a precision loading concern then anything else.
For precision, I don't think anything comes close to the Grauwolf press
https://www.grauwolf.net/turban-heavy-praezipress-einstationenpresse.html
7075 is prone to stress cracking, which is why it is not used on Aircraft. 416 SS is nowhere as strong or abrasion resistant as chrome plated heat treated 4140, or carburized Thompson shafting. I really question the selection of materials for this press.
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- calgary alberta
The Grauwolf is probably 1 of the best to be sure, but then again pricey.
On our press the only "off the shelf" parts are the nuts and flat washers and because of the design of the press are not at all important in so far as their application. ALL they do is keep the top plate from coming off, the guide bars and ram are all cylindrical ground tool steel. The bushings are hand fitted heavy oil impregnated and the roller bearings are all made by a major bearing manufacturer.
I am VERY skeptical that a piece of 1" thick 7075 will stress crack given what your average human being could ever muster for pressure even with a significant snipe on the operating handle. A 20 ton press could not bend a top plate, we tried. It shattered at about 45 tons of force, something unlikely to ever be a concern to the discerning handloader.
Lets just say that the materials used are stronger and better than what is used in anything RCBS, Hornady, Lyman etc. choose to make their presses out of.
We can make special top plates on request from steel, but the price will go up.
- Location
- calgary alberta
THIS is NOT entirely true. 6061 is used in some places but 7075 is also used in some parts of an aircraft.
We manufacture some aircraft parts and they spec 7075 for some of the parts we make and Inconel for others that we make.
You can't convert a 45 ton press to psi unless you know the diameter of the ram used. Psi is pounds per square inch.
This is the sentence off the website. With a tensile strenth of over 180,000 psi, virtually any bullet that can be imagined can be swaged. It doesn't really make sense it says tensile strength which is the pulling apart/ stretching strength of something. When you use a press you are applying a compression force to whatever your resizing.
That would apply more of a compressive force more then the tensile they speak of. Either way it would be very difficult to figure out exactly what they tested to get that number. Have you ever actually seen or used the atrs press before? You seem to be very against it for some reason. Do you not like Canadian products?
No, I like Canadian products very much. I just have little faith in some of the claims by this manufacturer. They have zeroed in on a niche consumer that thinks the most expensive = the best there is, and I don't just mean with this press. All I can say is do your research, don't be afraid to ask questions and get opinions from other people in the business... Gunsmiths, machinists, engineers etc.
I guess I'm one of those people. I love my modern hunter it works flawlessly and shoots sub moa below 3/4 moa actually. I know other people with custom atrs builds and they are all very good quality and extremely accurate. I am not considered at all that this press would ever fail or any other products I purchase in the future from atrs.
Modern Hunter/Varmint are without a doubt the 2 best products they have ever offered to the Canadian market, no doubt there. A little high on the price of course, but with the NR niche status it's expected.
But when you compare a KAC for example to one of the ATRS AR15's which are priced considerably higher, or their rifle builds to other looong time established smiths around the country you start to get a pretty good picture of how business is operated there.
ATRS has done well for themselves, but they are not what I would ever consider top tier products even for their top tier pricing.
Meooowww to you too. EE
Point taken. May I repent in sackcloth and ashes. LOL. D.
Right here, with dies included for $867 ready to load the .50 easy and affordably.
http://www.x-reload.com/hrn-press-50-bmg-kit-w-die-set/
Buy the time it's all set up, probably just a little over half the price of the ammo max once you get dies/trimmer etc.
Which one will load the more concentric ammo is easy to measure with the right tools. Personally I think the Hornady is the best buy for .50 cal loading. If you can source it from the states its a couple hundred bucks cheaper too.
http://www.x-reload.com/hrn-press-50-bmg-kit-w-die-set/
Buy the time it's all set up, probably just a little over half the price of the ammo max once you get dies/trimmer etc.
Which one will load the more concentric ammo is easy to measure with the right tools. Personally I think the Hornady is the best buy for .50 cal loading. If you can source it from the states its a couple hundred bucks cheaper too.
That only does 50bmg I would like a press that does everything I don't even shoot 50bmg yet I'm just looking to the future and I'm tired of my tiny press it's really hard to load 338 Lapua on.
